Eoin Ó Broin
Question:190. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the capital and current allocation for each retrofit scheme, in tabular form. [27427/23]
View answerTuesday, 13 June 2023
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My Department funds a number of schemes to support households, businesses and the public sector to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. SEAI administer these schemes on behalf of my Department.
Budget 2023 allocated record funding to energy transformation including the national residential retrofit programme and free upgrades for households at risk of energy poverty.
Residential and community schemes, including the Solar PV schemes have been allocated a total budget of approximately €360 million, while approximately €80 million is earmarked for energy efficiency and renewable energy schemes in businesses and the public sector, including a new scheme for SMEs.
A breakdown of the current and capital allocation for 2023 for each retrofit scheme is set out in the below table. In addition to these energy efficiency and renewable energy schemes SEAI is funded to administer a number of other information and research programmes and regulatory schemes.
|
Programme |
Current Allocation 2023 (€M) |
Capital Allocation 2023 (€M) |
Total 2023 (€M) |
|
Residential/Community |
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|
Better Energy Homes |
1.6 |
48.4 |
50 |
|
Better Energy Warmer Homes |
0.956 |
148.5 |
149.456 |
|
National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme (OSS) |
0.850 |
45 |
45.850 |
|
Solar PV |
0.680 |
29.4 |
30.08 |
|
Solar PV – medically vulnerable |
- |
6.77 |
6.77 |
|
Community Energy Grants |
0.3 |
68 |
68.3 |
|
Community Activation Fund (includes SEC and LEAF) |
0.213 |
5.330 |
5.543 |
|
Community Renewable Energy Support Scheme |
0.101 |
1 |
1.101 |
|
Deep Retrofit |
0.065 |
2.2 |
2.265 |
|
Business/Public Sector |
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|
Public Sector Energy Efficiency |
1.9 |
60 |
61.9 |
|
Non-Domestic Retrofit |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Business Energy Efficiency |
0.8 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
|
EXEED |
0.5 |
7 |
7.5 |
|
Support Scheme for Renewable Heat |
0.44 |
3.5 |
3.940 |
|
Commercial Microgen |
0.2 |
2 |
2.2 |